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Belle Vue Manchester’s Reece Deakins, Support Staff Gold Award winner at the UK Coach Awards, speaks to Angela Youngman about the challenges he has overcome to qualify as a mechanic

Reece Deakins, centre, is seen collecting his Gold Support Staff Award at the UK Coach Awards earlier this year. UK COACH AWARDS

Told at school that he would not amount to anything, Reece Deakins is understandably proud of himself. Not only has he obtained several professional qualifications, but he has just been named Support Staff Gold Award Winner in the 2018 UK Coach Awards.
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